The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-01-16
STAGE STRUCK SOLDIER
AND HIS EXTRAORDINARY CA.
REER-AVELING'S STORY.
What Mattel, Barrett, Rhea, Warde.
Scanlas, Polk, Lieb and Other
Stars are Doing.

they do SO o. the stage thy can be
nothing ii not tragedi3ns. Among
the few sons OF Mars who have turned
Thespians, Mr.. Henry Avellng
is prominent figure. His car
rage e3pesRs for him mil
tary training, aud it Goes not lie.
He at one tine commanded an East
Indian reGimeh in the Eng ism army,
peri55ce was by no means confined t.
garrison lie, for he bsaos several scars
that tell of many hard fought field
The marks of sabsr cut on his fore
head can be disco ned, even through
his make ~. dir. Avsiing frankly
boosts That ho has played in every En-
glish speaking city in the world, of
over 10000 i6hsbila.A3, SIme people
might say shaL vas little hard on tn
EnRlish language. 1t is now about
time for him 10 paint some town red,
throw up his eur,eh engagement and
announce his i 3 nh on Of starring.
Mr.. George A. b umenthal, under
whose management Miss Il rtha We'll
by's tour went to pieces on the rocks
of disaster, has securfd the manage
ment of a Aaw variety theater thai is
to be built on the corner OF 0le Hun
dred and Tw n5y-saventh street and
Second avenue. Ii is TO bs called The
Harlem Casino.
Tne foOtlights never fl ickersd before
queerer looking object than Was M.
Harry Miner when he appeared en-
the stsge OF his Peoples Theater last
Thursday eve rig, made up as a wi ID
and fer0ciOus savage. He Absolutely
refused to Tik EiJ curns in mOccssins,
and insisted on wearing patent Gather
pumps. L took just four pounds of
4 paint to 'do up" Mr.. Miner and Mr..
4 Davis in good shape
Mr.. Frank Murtha is one of the fun
ny story tellers that don't throw
"ches'nuts" ut the innoceAt.
"Caraway Bonea," said Nat Good
win the other day al he poin ed to a
horse that had dropped dead in front
OF the Bijou. "When get such re.
aiistic rival as that 1t Is high time for |
me TO chsnge my bill"
Mr.. ga" Cemstcck, the manager OF |
Doekstader's, is a Columbia College |
graduate. Furthermore his advertis-
ing schemes in the papers are the |
most original that are going.
The Third Avenue HheAter will be |
the headquarters If Jacobs & Procto's |
circuit, but a eombina ion that p avs |
there is obliged 10 play the entire cir
cult OF thesterS, with two perform |
anees day in most OF them, ard at |
museum prices in all. 1t is little |
odd that the Third Avenue should |
have been the thirteenth tbeater on
their list. Now the supersti,ious will |
have chance to get in their fine |
work and say Il tod you So"
The Main Line management have
got out unique form of street dodger. |
1t represents Their entire route in the |
shape Of coupon railroad ticket
Their is one scheme that seems 10 |
have escerped the notice of the Board |
OF Directors OF the Academy, who Just |
!, now are trying so hard to determine |
what they shall do with the building. |
They might continue the practice |
openly that Col. Mapleson began
in covert manner of making it q
home for broken down opera singers. |
The directors should think this over.
There is certain sctress.. " no was to
have taken leading part in the new
opera at the Casino who has suddeuly |
. tOWh. Lu6
of boarding hOuss mourns "the
favorite's" departure, and holds her
trunks for security.
A funny story is going the rounds OF
the clubs about two swell club dudes
and fair comic opera singer in this
city. Both of the dudes were suffers
for the lady : smiles, and both thought
themselves winners. I. appears that
it is reckoned the cor ect thing nov,
as it has been many times before
among gentlemen of their ilk, to give
a lock of hair as signal pledg5 of ten
der affection. The lady in QUESTION
glories in auburn ringlets, and would
not part W III one of hem for less than
a crown jewel. Hsr admirers DO h
happened to have hair Of the same
golden hue as that Of their mu ual
love. Each begSed tress of her hair
in eHcha gge for lock of his own, to
which the charming creature readily
assented; and W tn nut tluching sil-
gle tuft OF her head Cunnin!ly man.
aged to elect an excha g. of parcels,
by which each gent emal received
curl of his rivals cspiIlaries 01e dude
now wears the hers hair next his
heart, and the other sleeps with his
rivals seal pl )ck under his pillow
There will be duel one of these days
Minnie Palmer has ex ended her
Australian engagement month. She
will then return TO this country.
The "Pocket Patti" is what they call
Miss Laura Moore.
Mr.. Lester Wallsck goes to Florida
in Saw days to spend the winter,
The MCCaull 01era Company pro-
duce the opera OF Indiana at the Star
Thester Monday evening next.
Mr.. John W. K slIer, the author of
the successful Tangled Lives, is at work
on another play for fem ale star.
The old local drama The SreetI Of
New York, will be revived at the Wind
sor Theater Monday night, with Geo.
O. Boniface as Badger"
There are rumors Of lively scandal |
in which the leadiug lady Of an up
town thssteT, Wall street broker,
and Broadway ieweler Sre said to
figure.
Miss Viola Allen has been engaged
to play the part of "Le ty Fletcher"
in A. M. Palmer's "Saints and Sin.
ners travelling company, beginning
January 18th.
Miss Helen DaHvray has astonished
the public with her elaborate produc-
ton of Mr.. Bronson Howard's new
play, Mel by Chance, at the Lyceum
TAe ter.
Miss Milford was the author of
Lawrence BA-rett's play, Rienzi, the
L1st of he 1Tibunes. Horace Greeley
was the au hor OF the first OF the
IFi6trnss, however.
Mile. Rnea is playing her farewell
engagement in Baltimore this week,
after which she makes a final tour of |
the principal cities of the South,
where she Is very popular.